Am I the only one who believes that sex behind closed doors is vastly different to sex on a public beach.
If you and gav was walking along the beach in Brighton and 2 people were having drunken sex on the beach in full view of your children would you not be affected in some way.
You may walk away and leave it at that. A policeman has a duty to the public to deal with this situation, if after a warning to stop by said policeman, they choose not to then the policeman must act according to the law, which he is paid to uphold.
They would have been arrested in this country.
Dave's right.
Firstly, they're not a couple of 18-year-old tourists, they're two ex-pats, they're professionals, and in their 30's.
Secondly, they've been there long enough to know what the laws were on drunkenness, on public indecency, and on unmarried sex.
Thirdly, they were warned and still carried on.
They got off extremely lightly - and she'll probably get a satellite TV chatshow out of it also, "Bonking In Public Places" or whatever, so I'm not shedding any tears over them.
So when in Rome, OK to have sex with 14 year olds (the age of consent in Italy) or do you keep your UK values and add on local country values, or something else?
Just using this as an example, as some have said... apply UK rules regardless...
Or is it just what suits the individual at the time and then whine about it...
So is it:
1. Keep home country rules, add on local rules
2. Keep home country rules only
3. Go for the local rules only
4. Something else
For me it is number 1, keep home country rules and add on local rules.
Seems like there is a big to do about a couple of people with no respect, getting caught out and having to pay for it. The payment in this case being minimal.
Sensible post most people in this country would not have sex with anybody under the age of consent as defined by the laws of this country.
If in another country take their laws and customs and add them to your own and bloody behave yourself, then bob's your uncle no problems.
They were caught and are paying a light price for it. The days of gun boat diplomacy are thankfully long gone. What they did is offensive in any culture AFAIAC. If asked to stop by an officer of the law they should have stopped, thet choose to ignore a warning and are paying the price. thats why we and every country have laws.
Where's barry when we need a sensible interpretation of this one??????
as far as the laws in that country goes I think the sentence is fair - I think some locals there would think that it was a mere slap on the wrist.
Dubai is very generous to westerners living there and has many exception laws for them
And while I don't believe the law to be correct it is the law - however when they made the choice to live in Dubai - they put them selves under the law of that country.
So simple solution if you don't like a countries laws and don't wish to be constrained by them - don't go to that country.
The rule in the US military is that you stick to whichever is the most restrictive law out of the laws of all American states plus the local law - for example, they are not allowed to drink alcohol below 21, even in this country where the age limit is lower; nor, to use Martin's example, would they be permitted to have sex with anyone under 18, or to have homosexual sex, in any country, regardless of the local law.
So having sex on a beach and a policeman asks them to stop, no arrest at this time, just a warning.
Warning ignored and then arrested.
Which part of this are you failing to grasp? Or are you just trying to be awkward?
you know that what they did was wrong.
let me put it this way would you be happy on a beach with a drunken couple having sex in front of you and danny and young Adam?
For goodness sake Michele you know what they did was wrong, your a loving mother who would be offended by this behaviour on a public beach, especially after they were asked to stop by a policeman.
I wonder how many of us would infact check the laws everytime we visited a new country....? (no sex before marriage??,no sex on the beach?? life would be bloody boring)
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